Engineer
Major
Nothing wild about my statement. Everything you've said is correct but also doesn't contradict what I have said. There are a lot underneath the deck that make it all happen.
CV-18 Fujian/003 CATOBAR carrier thread
- Thread starter Jeff Head
- Start date
These are AI altered images, based on original screencaps from Chinese state media.
The original screencaps/images are taken in clear weather, and of course do not have steam from the catapults because it has EM catapults.
Yes, this was indeed generated by AI.
Would an aircraft carrier conduct take-off and landing operations in such heavy rain?
If you knew it was generated by AI, then why did you post it?
Yes, flight operations can still occur in heavy rain.
E.g.:
Seems like the Fujian is still in port as of the 26th and its the Liaoning who has left.
optionsss
Junior Member
Yes there are a lot going on underneath the deck, but deck design is the most important factor in terms of carrier operation capability. Assume everything else remain the same, Fujian carrier in its current form is easily several times more capable than one with STOBAR and straight deck. Or think of it this way, a STOBAR, straight deck Fujian, but with nuclear propulsion and twice the hanger space versus the current Fujian, which one would PLAN have.
Engineer
Major
It is obvious we are talking about different things. Prior discussion is about ship design, specifically on relationships between 003 and Kuznetsov class. Here, you are talking exclusively about deck design. By assuming "everything else remain the same", what you really did is just comparing different deck designs rather than addressing the importance of deck vs. rest-of-the-ship. To paraphase your post, "if we only focus on differences between deck designs then deck design is the most important". Well duh, if we focus only on buyoancy then buoyancy would also be the most important.
New year greetings from Fujian.
